Magery
Theme
Polukranos, Unchained
2BG
Legendary Creature — Zombie Hydra
Artist:
Chris Rahn
Polukranos enters with six +1/+1 counters on it. It escapes with twelve +1/+1 counters on it instead.
If damage would be dealt to Polukranos while it has a +1/+1 counter on it, prevent that damage and remove that many +1/+1 counters from it.
1BG: Polukranos fights another target creature.
Escape—4BG, Exile six other cards from your graveyard.
0/0
BG
$0.66
cheapest print
Prices
| Set | # | Treatment | Finish | Price (USD) |
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Theros Beyond Death
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224 | Regular | Nonfoil | $0.66 |
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Theros Beyond Death
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224 | Regular | Foil | $1.56 |
Theros Beyond Death Promos
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224p | Promo | Nonfoil | $2.48 |
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Theros Beyond Death Promos
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224p | Promo | Foil | $3.99 |
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Theros Beyond Death Promos
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224s | Promo | Foil | $3.91 |
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Theros Beyond Death
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342 | Extended Art | Nonfoil | $3.31 |
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Theros Beyond Death
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342 | Extended Art | Foil | $5.09 |
Price History
Printings (5)
Magic Online Promos Rulings
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an escape cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was and no matter whether an alternative cost was paid.
Once you begin casting a spell with escape, it immediately moves to the stack. Players can't take any other actions until you're done casting the spell.
If you cast a spell with its escape permission, you can't choose to apply any other alternative costs or to cast it without paying its mana cost. If it has any additional costs, you must pay those.
If the target creature is an illegal target when Polukranos's activated ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn't resolve. If Polukranos is no longer on the battlefield, the target creature won't deal or be dealt damage.
If damage that can't be prevented is dealt to Polukranos, the damage is dealt and you'll simultaneously remove that many +1/+1 counters from it, all before the game checks for lethal damage.
If an amount of damage would be dealt to Polukranos greater than the number of +1/+1 counters on it, all of that damage is prevented, and all of those counters are removed. In most cases, this will result in Polukranos having 0 toughness, so it will be put into its owner's graveyard.
If a card with escape is put into your graveyard during your turn, you'll be able to cast it right away if it's legal to do so, before an opponent can take any actions.
If a card has multiple abilities giving you permission to cast it, such as two escape abilities or an escape ability and a flashback ability, you choose which one to apply. The others have no effect.
Escape's permission doesn't change when you may cast the spell from your graveyard.
After an escaped spell resolves, it returns to its owner's graveyard if it's not a permanent spell. If it is a permanent spell, it enters the battlefield and will return to its owner's graveyard if it dies later. Perhaps it will escape again—good underworld security is so hard to come by these days.
Format Legality
Standard
Not Legal
Future
Not Legal
Historic
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Pauper
Not Legal
Vintage
Legal
Penny
Legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Standardbrawl
Not Legal
Brawl
Legal
Alchemy
Not Legal
Paupercommander
Not Legal
Duel
Legal
Oldschool
Not Legal
Premodern
Not Legal
Predh
Not Legal